The Univ. of Hawaii Manoa Library Flood of October 30, 2004-- A Greek/Polynesian Tragedy In One Act
CHORUS, upstage center, flowers in their hair, wearing loose Isadora Duncan robes, shaking tambourines: Our Hamilton Library is a solid, modern, concrete multistory building incorporating latest temperature/humidity controls to protect our millions of valuable books! Our Hamilton Library is a solid, modern, concrete multistory building incorporating latest temperature/humidity controls to protect our millions of valuable books!
MR. CHANG, large Chinese-haole comfortable 30yo pseudo-Hassidic sincere presence, entering the office with lowered brow: Hey, I just went up to U.H. Manoa to check out the Halloween costumes, and you know-- After that flood yesterday, there are tables and chairs in the trees!!!
PORTIA, dramatic fun-loving Chinese person, pointing index finger to rainy heavens, not a rainbow in sight: A car floated past our house down the middle of the street!
DISGRUNTLED WHITE-HAIRED, RED-FACED PH.D. BIOLOGIST, office and laboratory located in the basement of Hamilton Library, murmuring hoarsely over and over, like the leftover pieces from the chant intended to forestall death: I lost 35 years of fruit fly research in one night. I lost 35 years of fruit fly research in one night. I lost 35 years of fruit fly research in one night. I lost... (continues to repeat this sentence like 78rpm platter stuck on one groove for the amusement or curiosity appeasement of His Master's Voice dog, head cocked alertly to one side)
VOLUNTEERS, lots and lots of them, dirt-caked, in worn blue jeans and ragged t-shirts, dancing stage center in a Moulin Rouge cancan line, singing like He's Going to Marry Yum Yum: We've been up to our ears in mud, tra la! For three months at least or yet more, tra la! The historic docs are history, The windows should have been clerestory, We're still up to our ears in mud, tra LA!!!
MASTER OF CEREMONIES, lean and covered in white elegant or decadent pancake make-up with heavy eyes, cheekbones, and lips, a la Marcel Marceau or Joel Gray, swinging thin black cane to trasparent web addresses projected high on new white film screen directly behind the upstage chorus: You can check our beloved U.H. Manoa Hamilton Library updates here. And see photos of the horrible flood devastation here.
CHORUS: Our Hamilton Library will re-open again! Our Hamilton Library will re-open again!
MR. CHANG, large Chinese-haole comfortable 30yo pseudo-Hassidic sincere presence, entering the office with lowered brow: Hey, I just went up to U.H. Manoa to check out the Halloween costumes, and you know-- After that flood yesterday, there are tables and chairs in the trees!!!
PORTIA, dramatic fun-loving Chinese person, pointing index finger to rainy heavens, not a rainbow in sight: A car floated past our house down the middle of the street!
DISGRUNTLED WHITE-HAIRED, RED-FACED PH.D. BIOLOGIST, office and laboratory located in the basement of Hamilton Library, murmuring hoarsely over and over, like the leftover pieces from the chant intended to forestall death: I lost 35 years of fruit fly research in one night. I lost 35 years of fruit fly research in one night. I lost 35 years of fruit fly research in one night. I lost... (continues to repeat this sentence like 78rpm platter stuck on one groove for the amusement or curiosity appeasement of His Master's Voice dog, head cocked alertly to one side)
VOLUNTEERS, lots and lots of them, dirt-caked, in worn blue jeans and ragged t-shirts, dancing stage center in a Moulin Rouge cancan line, singing like He's Going to Marry Yum Yum: We've been up to our ears in mud, tra la! For three months at least or yet more, tra la! The historic docs are history, The windows should have been clerestory, We're still up to our ears in mud, tra LA!!!
MASTER OF CEREMONIES, lean and covered in white elegant or decadent pancake make-up with heavy eyes, cheekbones, and lips, a la Marcel Marceau or Joel Gray, swinging thin black cane to trasparent web addresses projected high on new white film screen directly behind the upstage chorus: You can check our beloved U.H. Manoa Hamilton Library updates here. And see photos of the horrible flood devastation here.
CHORUS: Our Hamilton Library will re-open again! Our Hamilton Library will re-open again!
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